It's always interesting @trincowski ...

"So, the Government of the US made an excellent deal with that land! Such a bargain, wow!!! Napoleon was not that smart after all, was he?"

... to look "in the rearview mirror" of life and wonder why people do what they do.

The challenge is looking "out the windshield" of life, see clearly what's coming, and respond appropriately.

Presumably, Napoleon knew he faced a very real and much more immediate challenge in overcoming his adversaries in Europe. The potential of what "might be" in America was way off in the future.

At the time, it was just a vast wilderness, populated by native people often at war with each other. From his perspective, he may have thought the Americans "suckers" and that he really got away with something ... 😉

Posted using Partiko Android